In Brussels, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda signed the Agreement on Security Cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania.
Lithuania will seek to provide Ukraine with annual support in the field of security and defense in the amount of 0.25% of GDP.
In 2024, Lithuania’s military aid to Ukraine has already reached nearly €80 million, including €35 million allocated to the Czech initiative of Joint Procurement of Artillery Ammunition to Ukraine. And this amount will increase with further packages in the course of this year.
Lithuania will provide Ukraine with security assistance and modern military equipment across the land, air, sea, space, and cyber-electromagnetic domains. Lithuania will also potentially reopen a military training mission on the territory of Ukraine.
Certain provisions of the Agreement stipulate joint counteraction to hybrid threats and nuclear risks, as well as strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure and cooperation in the field of intelligence.
Lithuania will work with Ukraine to identify the sources of funding necessary for the development of our country's defense industry.
The document clearly enshrines support for the Ukrainian Peace Formula and our country's membership in the EU and NATO. Separate blocks relate to bringing the aggressor to justice, strengthening sanctions against Russia, and working on a compensation mechanism.
The Republic of Lithuania will continue to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine and participate in the reconstruction of our country.
In total, our country has already concluded twenty bilateral security agreements in furtherance of the G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine adopted in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. Ukraine has signed bilateral security agreements with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Latvia, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Japan, the United States, the EU, Estonia, and Lithuania.
